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GIS Question Bank

Unit1: (ch1)

1. What is GIS? List the components of GIS.


2. What is Spatial data? Explain its types.
3. Explain the term Topology.
4. List GIS operations. Explain any two (this may be any number)

Unit1: (ch2)

1. What is Geographic Coordinate System?


2. Convert the following values in degrees-minutes-seconds and decimal degrees
45◦52"30'
3. Write a short note on Datum.
4. What is Map Projection? List and explain types of Map Projections.
5. Explain the term false origin, false easting and false northing with the help of
diagram.
6. List and explain commonly used map projections.
7. Write a short note on UTM.

Unit1: (ch3)

1. Explain the term Topology. (repeat)


2. How to represent spatial features in vector data model? Explain with diagram.
3. Explain the term TIGER.
4. Explain coverage data structures of point, line and polygon.
5. Explain data structures of TIN and Region.
6. Explain Routes in detail.

Unit1: (ch5)

1. List and explain elements of Raster Data Model.


2. List the Types of Raster data.
3. Write a short note on USGS DEMs.
4. Explain Raster Data structures.
5. Draw the quad tree of following.(see example from book pg.86)
6. Explain the types of data compression.
7. Explain Rasterization and vectorization with diagram.
OR
Explain data conversion techniques.

Unit2: (ch6)
1. List and explain existing GIS data.
2. What is Metadata? Describe its categories.
3. Explain the types of converting existing data.
4. Explain the types of creating new data.
5. Write a short note on scanning.

Unit2: (ch7)

1. What is geometric transformation? Explain map-to-map and image-to-


image transformation.
2. List and explain geometric transformation methods with diagram.
3. explain Affine transformation in detail.
4. Explain RMS error.
5. What is resampling of pixel values? Explain any one resampling method.
6. Explain bilinear interpolation method with example.

Unit2: (ch9)

1. What attribute data? How to create attribute data in GIS?


2. List and explain types of attribute data.
3. Explain 4 types of database design with diagram.
4. Explain types of relationships in database.

Unit3: (ch10)

1. What is cartography? List and explain map elements.


2. Explain cartographic symbolization.
OR
Explain map features or map symbols.
3. Explain the types of maps with diagram.
4. Write a short note on typography.
5. Write a short note on map design.
6. What is visual hierarchy?
7. Write a note on map production.

Unit4: (ch11)
1. Explain descriptive statistics.
2. Explain the types of graphs with diagram.
3. write a note on attribute data query.
4. Write a note on spatial data query.
5. Explain raster data query.(see the example on page222)

Unit5: (ch12)

1. What is buffering? Explain with diagram.


2. Explain the types of feature overlay.
3. Explain the overlay methods.
4. Write a short note on slivers.
5. Explain the nearest neighbour analysis.
6. Explain map manipulation and its types.

Unit5: (ch13)

1. explain local operations on raster data.


2. Explain neighbourhood operations.
3. Explain zonal operations.
4. Explain physical distance measurement operation.

Unit6: (ch16)

1. what is spatial interpolation? Explain its elements.


2. Explain Global methods of interpolation.
3. Explain local methods of interpolation.
4. Write a short note on Thiessen polygons.
5. Write a short note density estimation.
6. Explain Kriging in detail.

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